FAQs

FAQs

Fact

Number of fat cells remain constant throughout adult life. Liposuction reduces num ber of fat cells permanently from operated areas of body. Although, fat cells can increase in size, if healthy lifestyle with dieting & exercise not maintained, which is very essential after liposuction.

Moreover, as most prone body areas are exhausted of adipocytes after liposuction, fat deposits occur symmetrically all over body.

Fact

Liposuction is totally different from typical obesity / bariatric surgery, which is performed on intestine to reduce absorption of fat. Liposuction although leads to some loss of fat, but instead meant for body contouring and not for weight loss.

If lifestyle modifications are not followed / practiced after liposuction surgery, fat deposition again may start.

It cannot replace healthy lifestyle – dieting & regular exercise which are very essential to maintain results achieved with liposuction

Fact

With currently used techniques of hair transplantation (FUE & FUT – micro follicular transfer) results achieved looks absolutely natural and you may not be able to make out which hairs are natural and which are transplanted ones.

Moreover, results obtained lasts for years if maintained properly. If not taken care of, they may start falling gradually.

Fact

Scar is a physiological end result of any skin healing. So, it is unavoidable after any surgery or injury on skin. But incisions in cosmetic surgeries are placed strategically at such location that they are hardly visible. Moreover, suturing is done with technique which leaves behind minimum scar marks. You should ask cosmetic surgeon before any surgery about scars the surgery will leave on your body.

Fact

Not true. As some portion of body fat (like tummy, thigh, buttock, back, arms etc.) doesn’t disappear even after best dieting & regular exercise. Enlargement of breasts is also resistant to these measures, as most of it is formed of glands. These can be reduced only surgically.

Fact

Getting some service is different than purchasing a product. Cosmetic surgery services are based on skills, which varies person to person. You may realize difference in rates of a surgery among different surgeons. While going to a dinner, you choose restaurant not only based upon rates, but also based upon quality. So you should expect best quality of services and not cheapest rates.

Moreover, cosmetic surgeries are most affordable in India compared to anywhere in world with best services in terms of results. This is a reason why a large number of medical tourists come to India for cosmetic surgeries treatments from all over the world.

Obviously, you should choose a board certified / qualified surgeon who has got aesthetic sense about body parts.

Solution

Cosmetic surgery is a subspecialty of plastic surgery. A qualified cosmetic surgeon is a person who has spent 3 years in training of general surgery (MS / DNB) after which has done super specialization in Plastic Surgery (M Ch OR DNB in plastic surgery). After finishing plastic surgery training, a doctor should have undergone a in-depth training of cosmetic surgery through fellow-ships.

Now days, many doctors recognizes themselves as cosmetic surgeons. So, careful evaluation about his or her qualification is very important. Your awareness is the only biggest protection to you.

Solution

Anesthesia is a very essential component of any cosmetic surgery to make you free of pain and apprehension. Different cosmetic procedures are being done under different type of anaesthesia based on type and extensiveness of surgery.

Some small procedures can be done under local anaesthesia, making a particular area pain free keeping you awake.

More extensive procedures can be done by sedation (giving sedative drug to induce sleep), regional anaesthesia (to make particular body region pain free) OR General Anaesthesia (Complete anaesthesia of body)

Solution

It depends on procedure involved and anaesthesia used for it. Most of cosmetic procedures can be done as day care procedure or staying for 24 hours in hospital. Some major procedures need staying of 2-3 days maximum.

Solution

Cosmetic surgery involves inherent risks which are involved with any surgical procedure (even if performed with utmost skill), like bleeding, infection, separation of womb, poor healing etc. Generally speaking, all those complications should be minimal if done by a qualified and well trained cosmetic surgeon.

There are some special risk factors associated with a particular cosmetic surgery – you can get detailed information about these rare complications from our cosmetic surgeon.

Solution

Results of most of cosmetic surgeries are permanent, like Rhinoplasty, Hair transplantation, Gynecomastia, Scar surgery, Implant surgeries (Face, breast, butt & calf), dimple creation surgery etc. Results of skin tightening and body contouring surgeries lasts for a period of years but they gradually deteriorates after a period of 10-15 years as aging further progresses. Results of liposuction are permanent if lifestyle changes are exercised regularly.

Solution

Cosmetic surgeries deal with live body tissues which follows certain biological principles. Healing of tissue is not an event but a process. It starts after surgery and go-on till around a year or more.

But grossly speaking, results of all cosmetic surgeries are visible 203 months after surgery, which go-on improving further for period of a year or more.

It is important to note that final result depends on tissue characteristics, nature of healing & technique of surgery. So the results are not absolutely predictable even in best hands.

Solution

Depending on surgery, you can start / regain your routine activities after a couple of hours or days. But generally speaking, you should avoid sports / strenuous activities for few weeks (depending upon surgery). Ask our cosmetic surgeon about recovery after a particular procedure in advance and plan your activities accordingly.

Solution

Cosmetic surgery is a subspecialty of plastic surgery. A qualified cosmetic surgeon is a person who has spent 3 years in training of general surgery (MS / DNB) after which has done super specialization in Plastic Surgery (M Ch OR DNB in plastic surgery). After finishing plastic surgery training, a doctor should have undergone a in-depth training of cosmetic surgery through fellow-ships.

Now days, many doctors recognizes themselves as cosmetic surgeons. So, careful evaluation about his or her qualification is very important. Your awareness is the only biggest protection to you.

Solution

Hair grows from roots inside skin. When hair roots are destroyed (under effect of hormones).Naturally, hair won’t grow out of it. Medical treatment is then beneficial in your case only if hairs are existing but very thinel. But in areas with totally closest hair, we must put new hair roots to regrow hairs. By hair transplantation.

Solution

When over loss of hairs from particulars area of head or body of making you worry about you looks likes Frontal | top of head, any scar in the middle of hairy skin, eyebrows, moustaches & beard) in any cases you should get treatment earliest before losing remaining.

Solution

We can advise you number of hairs required to density on your head. This number also depends on number & density of hairs in donor area.

In large areas of baldness, we place up to 3000 – 3500 grafts. In single session of FUT and 1500 – 2000 grafts with FUE. When available donor hairs are less, it is very important to distribute those hairs very strategically to give you best look in advanced cases of hair loss.

Solution

Results of most of cosmetic surgeries are permanent, like Rhinoplasty, Hair transplantation, Gynecomastia, Scar surgery, Implant surgeries (Face, breast, butt & calf), dimple creation surgery etc. Results of skin tightening and body contouring surgeries lasts for a period of years but they gradually deteriorates after a period of 10-15 years as aging further progresses. Results of liposuction are permanent if lifestyle changes are exercised regularly.

Solution

Some less trained doctors may advise you requirement of less no. of hairs giving reason – harvest of more number of hairs may leave remaining donor area bald. This is not fact.

Actually, normal density of hair in scalp is around 100 – 150 hairs / can2. Nobody can make out decrease in this density before you lose more than half among these number of hairs in permanent zone on your head may be around, taking out 3000 – 3500 hairs among these in absolutely safe and doesn’t cause any change in look of donor hair areas.

Solution

HT can be done at any depending on your head provided you are fir medically.

Generally speaking in very young individuals, with decreased density of hair, we start with medical treatments and advise hair transplantation only after established baldness in a particular area of concern.

Solution

When there is large area of baldness which can’t be covered after a mega session of HT (3000 – 3500 graft transplant), we plan to cover remaining area in 2nd session. Growth of transplanted hairs takes 10-12 months to get highest density. So, we usually schedule 2nd session around a year after 1st session. You will be more confident to get 2nd session result of its session are visible.

Solution

Breast implant doesn’t interfere with pregnancy or breast feeding. Only thing lactation comes is it loosens the firmness of breasts. You may need breast lift / firming procedure after completion of family.

Solution

Size of breasts you want is your personal decision. But size of implant to be put without problems need consideration of other factors like, size, shape of your breasts, quality of skin and breast tissue etc. So, you should tell surgeon your expectation and accordingly he will decide size of implant which is best yet safe for you.

Solution

Apart from bleeding & infection, an implant may lead to capsule formation & contracture, leak of silicone gel outside or loss of nipple sensation in small number of cases. Increased sensitivity of breasts / nipple. Last two problems usually recovers with time. Capsule formation & silicone leak if severe, may compel to remove implant.

Solution

Depending upon mechanisms used to dissolve fat underneath skin, it may be SAL (Suction Assisted Liposuction), PAL (Power Assisted Liposuction), UAL (Ultrasonic Assisted Liposuction). Only difference among all these types is mechanism to dissolve fat and basic procedure remains same. An ultimate result depends on expertise of a cosmetic surgeon more than type of liposuction commence.

Solution

Liposuction induces some firmness to the skin overlying operated body areas. But large amount of skin excess / looseness can’t be corrected only with liposuction and we prefer to remove that skin by tightening procedure.

Solution

Liposuction removes fat cells from particular body areas, which doesn’t grow back. After surgery, even if you gain weight, enlargement will remain symmetric throughout body and does not cause excess enlargement of a particular body area maintaining your natural body curves (Fat deposition is symmetric instead of asymmetric before surgery). Of course, with aging process, some laxity appears in all areas of body as in treated areas.

Solution

Liposuction is performed under anaesthesia and is essentially pain less. To prevent post surgery pain, we will prescribe pain medicines to you. There may be mild muscle soreness which you will feel for a week or so.

Solution

Problem behind & pattern of alopecia are in totally different in man & women. Majority of alopecia in man is androgenic alopecia in which the reason is excess sensitivity of hair riots to male sex hormones. This type of alopecia involves frontal & top portion of head, teaving behind back of head unaffected. Regain for left behind hairs on back in their ability to resist hormonal effects. So, we can transfer these hairs in belt areas to imperative look.

Women more commonly loses hairs from all areas of head in diffuse pattern. So, there is not a single area which has become complete bald. Instead, hairs in all areas become thinned & less dense. This condition usually responds to medical treatment and hair transplant doesn’t help in this diffuse unpatterned also alopecia. In some exceptional cases, there may be loss of excess hair from a particular area of scalp and we can restore natural hair these lay hair transplantation.

Solution

Hair grows from roots inside skin. When hair roots are destroyed (under effect of hormones).Naturally, hair won’t grow out of it. Medical treatment is then beneficial in your case only if hairs are existing but very thinel. But in areas with totally closest hair, we must put new hair roots to regrow hairs. By hair transplantation.

Solution

When over loss of hairs from particulars area of head or body of making you worry about you looks likes Frontal | top of head, any scar in the middle of hairy skin, eyebrows, moustaches & beard) in any cases you should get treatment earliest before losing remaining.

Solution

We can advise you number of hairs required to density on your head. This number also depends on number & density of hairs in donor area.

In large areas of baldness, we place up to 3000 – 3500 grafts. In single session of FUT and 1500 – 2000 grafts with FUE. When available donor hairs are less, it is very important to distribute those hairs very strategically to give you best look in advanced cases of hair loss.

Solution

Some less trained doctors may advise you requirement of less no. of hairs giving reason – harvest of more number of hairs may leave remaining donor area bald. This is not fact.

Actually, normal density of hair in scalp is around 100 – 150 hairs / can2. Nobody can make out decrease in this density before you lose more than half among these number of hairs in permanent zone on your head may be around, taking out 3000 – 3500 hairs among these in absolutely safe and doesn’t cause any change in look of donor hair areas.

Solution

HT can be done at any depending on your head provided you are fir medically.

Generally speaking in very young individuals, with decreased density of hair, we start with medical treatments and advise hair transplantation only after established baldness in a particular area of concern.

Solution

When there is large area of baldness which can’t be covered after a mega session of HT (3000 – 3500 graft transplant), we plan to cover remaining area in 2nd session. Growth of transplanted hairs takes 10-12 months to get highest density. So, we usually schedule 2nd session around a year after 1st session. You will be more confident to get 2nd session result of its session are visible.